Catonsville girls hold on to upset No. 8 Woodlawn

Basketball

High Schools

Sandy Wasserbach had two steals with less than two minutes remaining as visiting Catonsville held off No. 8 Woodlawn for a 37-35 upset victory last night in a Baltimore County Class 3A-4A game.

The Comets (17-6, 10-1) took a 36-31 lead on Janay Johnson's 10-footer off a feed from Jessica Nonn with 4:05 left. Brittney Taylor hit a three-point play and added a free throw to pull Woodlawn within 36-35 with 55 seconds to go.

Nonn added a free throw with 15 seconds left, and Johnson grabbed an offensive rebound with six seconds to go to seal the Comets' victory over the two-time defending county champion Warriors (17-4, 10-1).